Stations: We used our convergent thinking skills to solve some tough logic puzzles. Then we used our divergent thinking skills to collaborate on a creative problem solving task. The finished sculptures were really interesting! We also tested our evaluative and convergent thinking with some "Word Winks" puzzles. Ask your child about these!

Algebraic Thinking: Our returning students worked on some in-depth study of word problems with our Hands-On-Equations kits, while our new students worked through more challenging equations today. They all did a great job!

Focus Study: We jumped right into our Problem Based Learning unit: "Audrey Aims, Art Conservator". Today we began to get acquainted with Audrey and completed a KWIQ chart to guide our research next week.

Novel Study: We continued with our book and made some great connections with our Audrey Aims unit. Hmm...these things might go together!? Our main characters are getting close to discovering some important clues about the mysterious stature. Can't wait to see what happens next!

HW: First in Math-Returning students Word Clouds (If not already done)- New students ***All students-finish any classwork that is not complete!

Our first day got off to a GREAT start by meeting our new Target friends! It was fun to hear all about our new students from their friends.

We had a blast working on convergent, divergent, and evaluative thinking skills during Station Rotations. We also discovered some things about ourselves through our affective work in self-reflections about our fears.

We followed that with Hands-On-Equations, so we could brush off our algebraic thinking skills. Our returning students tackled word problems to translate them into equations for solving. Our new students began learning all about algebra through Hands-On-Equations. They learned to solve equations like: x + 2 = 9 or 2x = x + 2.

We finished up with a review of our novel study, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. We can't wait to jump back into the story and see what happens next!

HW: Returning students-First In Math New students- Complete your word cloud, find the link on our Target Glog. ALSO, read as much of Chapter 1-5 as you can and please return your book next Wednesday!